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Understanding ADHD

Strategies for Successfully Parenting Neurodivergent Kids A prestation for St. Anne’s Ministry St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church August 2024 Presented by: Maria Van Sant ADHD Certified Professional and Parent Coach. [pdf-embedder url="https://stmargaretmary.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Understanding-ADHD-by-Maria-VanSante.pdf" title="Understanding ADHD by Maria VanSante"]
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Who wants to go to Heaven?

You may have heard the story of the young boy who went to church on Sunday and the priest asked, “How many of you want to go to heaven?”  Everybody but a young boy put up his hand.  The priest looked at him and asked, “Son, don’t you want to go to heaven?”  “Sure”, the…
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St. Cecilia

St Cecilia was also known as Cecily, Cicilia. She was born in the 3rd Century around 200-230 AD in Rome, Italy. She was a noblewoman is the patron saint of music and of musicians. We celebrate her feast day on November 22 every year in the Catholic Church. St Cecilia hailed from a noble family in Rome.…
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Unexpected Contradictions

When I try to imagine Zaccheus in my mind, somehow, I picture the actor Danny Devito!  I can just see Danny being a bit obnoxious and pushing his way through a crowd of tall people, jumping up occasionally, trying to see over them.  Then, finally, as undignified as it was, he climbs a tree in…
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